Comments on: make bigger dictionary/thesaurus in Word

Question: make bigger dictionary/thesaurus in Word

cogneuro — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:01:43 -0800

Simple q: a way to supplement the dictionary/thesaurus in, ugh, MS Word, Macintosh, to extend its vocabulary and synonym choices? I don't want to have to pop out of word to go look elsewhere. I just want the built in dictionary/thesaurus enlarged. I know there have been N previous queries about dictionaries but I didn't see anything about this specific issue. thanks.

By: Pomo

Pomo — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:33:23 -0800

Unfortunately, I don't know how to expand Word's vocabulary, but I think a solution might be to download Quicksilver which is free and fantastic and has a built-in thesaurus.

You can call it up with a simple key-combo right from the window you're working in, which is arguably even easier than bringing up Word's dictionary/thesaurus feature.

Plus, then you would get all the other Quicksilver goodness as well.

By: Kerasia

Kerasia — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:57:02 -0800

WordWeb is another option.

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:46:35 -0800

Custom dictionary is your friend. Legal secretaries and others have relied on this feature for years.

You can get word lists lots of places. Download, import, and wahlah.